Coin-holder for belt-buckles.



J. c. WAUGH. COIN HOLDER FOB. BELT BUGKLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEI, 1908.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

JESSE C. WA'UGH, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH E. BERNIER,

OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

COIN-HOLDER FOR BELT-BUCKLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE C. WAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Holders for Belt-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in coin holders for belt buckles its object being particularly to provide a combined coin holder and buckle wherein the coin holder is concealed when the buckle is in use and at the same time allows easy removal of the coins.

To this end my invention consists in the features of construction and combination hereinafter particularly described and claimed. mm

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of my combined belt buckle and coin holder, Fig. 2 is a section on line zca2 of Fig.1, Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 4, Fig. 4 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a similar section of Fig. 4: partly broken away.

In the drawings 2 represents the orna mental or outer plate of a buckle, upon the underside of which is secured in a suitable manner a sheet metal box or-recept-acle B.

The front plate 3 of the receptacle is shown provided with outwardly projecting flan es 4 with eyes 5 to receive the end of the elt 6 and the hook 7 The receptacle is formed with an interior longitudinally extending division wall 8, the receptacle being open at its lower end and formed on opposite sides of the division wall with finger openings 9. The wall 8 divides thereceptacle into parallel coin chambers as shown in, Fig. 4. Secured to the top of the receptacle 1s a spring 10 extending downwardly along the outer sides of the receptacle and ear ing at each-end an inwardly extending ben d or bight 11 projecting throughan opening 12in the adjacent side of the receptacle. The bends ll of the spring thus serve as retaining clips for the coin, holding the same from dropplng out of the receptacle. In

drawing a coin out from the receptacle the user may grasp the same through the finger openings 9 and withdraw the coin against the tension of the spring 10 as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5. A's shown particu-' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug 24 1909.

Application filed June 1, 1908.

Serial No. 435,945.

larly in Figs. 2 and 3 I preferably form the receptacle with four separate coin holding compartments although a lesser or greater number may be employed.

In use the coins are placed within the eompartm'entsof the coin receptacle by being forced endwise through the bottom past the spring clips 11. These spring clips will normally hold the coins within the receptacle, the coins dropping by gravity into engagement with the clips. To remove the coins it is only necessary to insert the finger into the opening 9 and pull the coins past the spring clip out of the receptacle.

As shown the coin receptacle is thoroughly concealed by the ornamental portion of the buckle and at the same time cooperates with the ornamental buckle plate in supporting and carrying the belt, thev construction of the coin receptacle also being such that the coins may be inserted and removed when the belt is in position upon the wearers body the pressure of the belt against the wearers body not interfering with the use of the device.

I do not wish to-limit myself to the spe-' cific construction'of coin receptacle and combined belt buckle shown, it being possible to change the various details of arrangement and construction without departin from the idea of my invention the scope of which is set forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a device of the kind described, 'a relatively flat. open-bottomed receptacle, a wall between the front and rear faces of the receptacle and connecting the side walls, and a septum transverse to said median wall intersecting the same and connecting the front and rear faces, and springs carriedby said receptacle, the free ends of said springs being bifurcated, the bifurcated portions extending through the side walls of the receptacle on each side ofthe before-mentioned median wall, substantially as and for the .purposes set forth.

means being secured to the receptacle and being bifurcated so as to form a plurality of individual spring parts to engage in said gpenings and to project in said coin-chamers.

3. In a device of the type set forth, an open bottomed receptacle, a vertical transverse dividing wall in said receptacle, a second Wall extending longitudinally of said receptacle and dividing the receptacle into four individual coin-chambers, and a flat spring having an intermediate part arranged horizontally and secured to said receptacle on the top thereof and having right angular end portions which are bifurcated so as to form series of individually movable spring parts 15 which are movable about the unbifurcated horizontal part of the spring.

' In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JESSE o. WAUGH.

Witnesses H. S. JonNsoN, HA'rTIE SMITH. 

